Holme on a Home: Feb. 18th

Penelope W Holme will be presenting her recent research on Beaufort’s Elizabeth Barnwell Gough House on Thursday, Feb 18th at 12:00 pm during the Beaufort County Historical Society Meeting. The meeting will be held at the Beaufort Yacht & Sailing Club located at 30 Yacht Club Drive. An optional light lunch will be served at 11:30 for $10. RSVP, please.

For further information or to RSVP about lunch, contact: Pamela Ovens-President at sail@singlestar.us or call 843-785-2767.

Grace Cordial has been responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Beaufort District Collection at the Beaufort County Library since 1999. The Beaufort District Collection exists to acquire, preserve, maintain and make accessible a research collection of permanent value which records the history, culture, and environment of our part of the South Carolina lowcountry. Besides the research room, Cordial manages the “Virtual BDC:” the BDC web pages, the Online Obituary Index, two digital collections, a new BDC.BCL Facebook page, and the Connections blog.

Among her duties is to coordinate or present programs about local history, Gullah culture, and our coastal environment, including occasional instructional sessions about how to perform historical and/or genealogical research.